Friday, 21 March 2014

One of thee Best compilations EVER,if not one of thee best albums EVER, is this; from The Famed Manchester
Musicians Collective, the home of the group with the best band name
EVER!....The Bathroom Renovations!Unfortunately they do not feature
on this volume, one must wait for the post of the second Manchester
collective collection, "Uzipping The Abstract".The north west rival
organisation to the even more imaginatively named "London Musicians
Collective", home of The Door and The Window and Here and Now (Kif Kif
et al).The tracks that follow are a symphony of naive ineptitude
and unspoilt musical innocence, that urinate on the corpse of corporate
"rock". This is how "rock should" sound like, end of.....!01.GROW-UP.You Are The One02.GROW-UP.Night Rally03.I.Q. ZERO.I'm In Love04.I.Q. ZERO.I Must Obey05.FAST CARS.Why06.FAST CARS.What Can I Do07.MEDIATERS.Monotony 08.FIREPLACE.Fireplace 09.FIREPLACE.Dutchman 10.PICTURE CHORDS.First Floor Exercises11.PICTURE CHORDS.Levitating Ladies12.The MANCHESTER MEKON.The Cake Shop Device13.PROPERTY OF.Property Of...14.VIBRANT THIGH.Wooden Gangsters15.F.T. INDEX.Working On The Line16.SLIGHT SECONDS.Double Face17.SLIGHT SECONDS.New MeDOWNLOAD an instant manchester collection HERE!

Round and Round and Round we go. I don't currently own this one, but two copies have passed through my hands. The last time I ended up giving it to Mark Hoyle, who was in Vibrant Thigh. And last week, I saw him for the first time in years when Dub Sex played in Manchester. If you get the chance, see them.

Oh, and look what turns up this very day on the Manchester District Music Archive... (Not sure if links are permitted, so have put it in "" to enable editing) "http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/exhibition/id/135/MANCHESTER_MUSICIANS_COLLECTIVE.html"

Cival Disobedience is good:

“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient allover the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves… (and) the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.”